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CALGARY — Oilpatch financier Richard Grafton has doubled up his bet on Calgary producer Bellatrix Exploration Ltd., pledging $250 million to take his total backing to $500 million. In a news release Tuesday, the company said the new money is being granted based on the success of the first joint venture with equity fund Grafton Energy Co. I Ltd., which started with a $100-million commitment last year and grew it to $250 million last spring.

CALGARY - Men have a critical role to play in creating inclusive workplaces, yet too often they remain an untapped resource in gender initiatives. Research done by the Catalyst non-profit organization shows that the more men know about gender inequalities, the more likely they are to lead efforts to close the gender gap.

Every now and then, Natasha Gribben feels a pang or two for some of the familiar comforts she grew up with back home in Northern Ireland — traditional Irish music, or soda bread, for example. But the downtown Calgary office worker, who arrived in the city four years ago, can’t think of anywhere she’d rather live and work than in the city’s energy industry headquarters.

Mixing electricity and natural gas may not seem like the best of ideas. Yet a very old scientific concept being applied in a very new way promises to blow open what has become a persistent problem in recent years — how to store energy from renewable sources that aren’t always shining or blowing.

The World Economic Forum’s 2012/13 Global Competitiveness Report ranks Finland first in health, primary education, higher education and training. That’s a good thing considering the country is predicted to be the first European nation to have less than half its population working (because the remainder is too young or too old to do so) and will have to work smarter and faster to remain competitive as an economy.

Who doesn’t crave a little sunshine, especially this time of year? Certainly those involved in building out Canada’s biggest solar project to date, and what will be one of the largest solar power generation farms in North America.

Technology and software are literally flipping the switch on the way people, companies and institutions like hospitals and universities think about power consumption and how it’s used – and given back – in a smarter, more efficient way

When Ontario Power Generation decided that the Darlington Nuclear Power station outside Toronto needed to be overhauled to extend its lifespan by 25 years, it set out for itself a significant challenge. Building a nuclear plant from scratch is a massive undertaking on its own, but refurbishing an active plant harbouring radioactive material while it’s still operational is a colossal task.

Peter Melanson is a green CEO in more ways than one. That is, he's new in his role as the chief executive of green energy distributor Bullfrog Power. As part of his role, Mr. Melanson will have to create strategies to convince businesses of all sizes that green energy is the way to go — even in tough economic times.

The Calgary founder of Canada’s first bitcoin exchange says he’s unconcerned by the sudden drop Wednesday in the digital currency’s value. Joseph David, founder of VirtEx — which connects bitcoin buyers and sellers to each other in a secure virtual setting — said the price of the currency was already rebounding Thursday, 24 hours after the San Francisco arrest of the man allegedly behind the online black market Silk Road.

In common business practice, when a small business has intellectual property that's attractive to a large corporation, the latter buys out the former and takes over ownership of the IP. It's basic capitalist Darwinism. Unless you're in Quebec.

Target's first Canadian stores are set to open in a matter of weeks. What's the scoop about the brands and lines that Target will carry? Will the stores sell groceries as well? And what's the price point?

CALGARY — The top ranks of the Tory government rejected a new report that suggests Alberta faces the greatest risk among Canada’s provinces of defaulting on its debts in 30 years. The study, released Thursday by the Ottawa-based Macdonald-Laurier Institute, said Canada risks a eurozone-like debt crisis because of profligate spending by provinces.

Watching people flit around the room talking with everyone as you stand on the sidelines feeling disconnected can be disheartening. One quickly realizes that building a network is easier said than done.

What makes the difference for women professionals hovering in lower-to-mid-management purgatory versus conquering the C-Suite? Research says having a strong professional network with the right gender balance leads to a higher level of success

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